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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 21, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Of the Canadian press Canadian press is exclusively entitled to the publication of All news despatches the associated press in this paper and local news published herein Carrier in Winnipeg 25c per week. Press _ Iza Tion b Winnipeg Friday june 21, 1940 Price 5c per copy edition with comics we you know it is claimed that Zinc bullets Are faster than any other pistol or Rifle Bullet Bryce s homemade bread _ is different i nazis Tissian army n Frontier sources Bucharest. Rumania. June 21. Estimated that Russia has massed upwards of troops jior.2 the soviet German Frontier. The concentration is interpreted As a measure to offset any Axis attempt to establish an As a measure extreme in Rumania. Most saturday s first seven Iii rings a trifle 1 a r. Ast distance should suit much belter. Pride and Joy of very Here. Be Olivia r. Tin wire. Second Here he should be Able to score. He of the soviet troops Are reported to be on a portion of former Poland which Borders on Rumania Hungary and Germany at the same time it is reported that Many russian soldiers have been withdrawn from Rumania s Bessarabia Frontier. Turks fear attack Istanbul. Turkey june 21. A an attack by Bui aria r aces and assisted by Germany Turkey moved additional troops judgment toward the bulgarian Frontier ves Ter Day and heightened the Tempo of her defence preparations generally. Expect to i leaders at for weeks increasing German activity in Bulgaria has made the turks fearful that Germany and j Italy might take punitive measures Hawks Onei against them for having signed up with Britain and France. The Allied reverses have added cropped Down to this concern and now Turkey s considerably. Katille Hocks la be consistent sort Gold lace will like the la track. Third girl is at orm and with the rail will is hard to beat. Tar doll has Early seed and the distance will suit. Small mortgage should go Well Here. Fourth ran a race last out. She should show a much improved Here. Jack o Spades has Speed and slops up in the lid. Bournemouth is a consistent sort. Fifth makes Joey odium finds Shiro troops in Fine trim parliament at Ottawa legislation is adopted without vote in Senate just before Midnight is a j sole is the defence of her own Dan 1 soil in the Balkan and near East scramble which Many believe is impending. For the present however this country is not withdrawing from Balkans continued on Page 11. Column 6 hotel men Confer on wage question chief tent i c or 1 c e on Little Western i Barcelona Spair ii june 2l slight Duke and Duchess of Windsor of 116 pounds. Arrived in Barcelona from France last night. A course they came from Junquera where Thev were greeted by the British sixth Crystal chief a Cora intent route runner appears j ass of this Field slated to go Over the Duke and Duchess crossed the the two mile route. Clinker ran j Frontier at port Bou. I arty to win at Miles last accompanying the Duke were his out. He be dangerous Here. Joe Sam should improve sharply Troin his last. Secretary and seven other persons. Upon their arrival at the hotel Ritz the Duke and Duchess retired seventh Fang for the night and refused any Corn a o eligible list to beat. Baby he Joe rents on their trip. Performance a. Cut end rates As the contender. Craig Token shut ice go Well Here. In a nutshell judgment Pride and Joy Olivia d. Rattle Hocks go id lace. Girl tar doll Small mortgage. Fourth . Jack o Spades Bournemouth. Jour clubs. Contributor. I chief. Clinker. Joe baby Joe Craig Token. F editor Shannon Ibosh chinese custom. I chief. Overnight entries Secretary said they would re main in Barcelona until saturday when they will proceed to Madrid. At Madrid the Secretary added the Duke will communicate with j his government i fantastic rumours London. June 21. Rumours about the Duke of Windsor and his american became sufficiently general yesterday in their spread from Tea table to knitting Circle for the ministry of information to announce it is a ridiculous suggestion that an order has been made or contemplated for the arrest of the Duke of a Reuters news Agency despatch from Madrid today said that the Duke and Duchess of Windsor who arrived in Barcelona shortly before Midnight last night from the South to at pol Boies Pride Mace i Cooke maid claiming up. Six and one Bane 107 Winter crushed ice mor Charm so Good merry .x102 112 second ure s300. Claiming. And up. Seven fur re this , if 3 l i waa of is 117 Hocks third p a claiming. Or. Purse. For Shree Vear Olds and five furlongs. E girl ill ase 113 Inah 107 Tice Flo Tea club tet doll Chervan of France probably will travel England later by Way of Lisbon. Honor graduates at lord Roberts lord Roberts Junior High school honoured 130 graduates at the 2cth annual graduation exercises tues Day afternoon in Riverview Church. a. Campbell principal was chairman. R j Johns director of technical education in Manitoba spoke on the importance of having the right attitude towards life. Elaine Hil and Alan Gallwey were valedictorians. Certificates were presen Ted to Honor students Eva Smith. Gwen and Betty Hamilton Grade Naomi Hersom Grade eight Nicholis and Patricia lord. Purse s5m. Claiming. Ridge Tor three year Olds to. J1? Empress .xl.v. on 109 a a 3 Jack o Spades ulc 8 fifth Kace Puse is. 500 added. Canada for three and to foaled in Canada. And 70 cards. I Lin Hawk Stone Ysma Ator inn jeer he ill by aug warm 103 maid. 112 four clubs 110 purse s7co. Claiming. Raven nine Glenn Grade seven. Sixty boys in g Rade nine were x and the girls ensemble. Today s scratches Sam r Sailor. 102 Ico . First Rac miss my kill. I Northern lad j time. Royal chief Knack 1071 visibility. Clinker he Crystal chief 118 v Centaur. Cap is an 113 104 111 116 500. Claim d up. One bloc x104 111 Gosport Crais Token Happy Hunter also Sun x Pang i Granola second race Galloper Gay mouse. Ascot Jane. Trass Gage Olivia d. 5ha ii a race purse s500. For three year Olds and up. Furl or. 35. Also eligible sky Saint modern maid Man of Iron sugar Jar Menon Sekena fair Romance Fig excluded 115 117 112 x107 114 allowance. Horses listed Ost positions 10 . Scratch time 8.30 e. First race 2.30 . Zephyr ruffle up. Fifth universe Ginio. Sixth Del original sixth race breezes Blac Whit Pretari Cate. Alma Nugget. Seventh summer music Prince Somers Royal pirate sunny Colleen Margery Daw streamline Nell Strome. J. Leslie finer Depa i red Friday til tet to i condition j in a statement the meeting. Or. A committee had been meet with himself and rep Tive of the to e in conic a regularly employed a Ever a in Canada should make a voluntary contribution of one Day s pay per month for the duration of the Var to help the Dominion government provide for Home defence was passed by the District of the National Union of Rej sail Waymen wednesday. The Council urged that the Rivil Vay companies be asked to under take the collection and accounting of these voluntary contributions which would be forwarded in Peri Odic payments to the minister of National defence and that the fund should be earmarked for Home de Fence. Members urged that Complete mobilization of Canada s human material resources be effected immediately expressing the opinion that the time was one when All citizens of Canada must unite to safeguard the future of the Domin on. Letters from official sources. I acknowledging the . S offer of distance in combating sabotage and subversion on the Home front j vere read. Major general Victor w. Odium made a flying visit to Shilo Camp this week to find out How the troops were getting along. Top. With senior Oai cers. General odium starts a Lour of the Camp left to right. . R. O. G. Morton Carnap commandant col. D. R. Sargent commanding 6th infantry brigade general odium and second division staff officers. Major h. S. Macklin . 2. And . E. G. Weeks. . And q.1i.g. Centre a feature of Shilo life is the Retreat at Nightfall and for general odium the combined bands of the camerons of Canada and the Calgary highlanders under drum major William Morrison of Winnipeg put on a Fine concert in the dusk. Lower. General odium chats with . S. J. Commanding officer the fort Garry horse who like his men now wears a distinctive tank corps Beret. Rivers Airport work is rushed Rivers Man., june 21. Special work is proceeding in two shifts on construction of the new Landing Field at the Rivers Airport where a Large training school under the Commonwealth air plan will be opened. Contract for the work was awarded to the Nelson construction company which has a Large staff of workmen on the Job. Gravel is available about a half mile away and it is being quarried sifted and spread at the rate of 125 cubic Yards an hour. The two shifts run from 4 . To 9 ., including virtually All Daylight hours. Finishing gravel will be shipped from Bird s Hill Northeast of Winnipeg for the final surface of run ways. Local . Pushes drive buy plane aiming to make successful the National . Drive for to Purchase a Boling Oroke bomber the Federal government Winni Peg . Chapters have made extensive arrangements for collection of old Gold or Silver and Cash donations from citizens of greater Winnipeg. Local chapters will be in charge of receiving depots which open monday morning and continue collecting old Gold and Silver in any shape or form size or weight until tuesday evening. Boy scouts will As St at each depot. The Canadian fliers chapter will Ake charge of the depot in Deer Lodge memorial Hall Gladstone chapter at St. James fire Hall Parks jewelry store St. James and at Wilding Brothers store St. Mary s Road St. Vital lady Aikens chapter at fort Rouge Branch of the Cana Dian legion Osborne Street and Brandon Avenue general Lipsett chapter at West Kildonan Canadian legion Branch. Main Street and fort Garry municipal Hall marshal Pilsudski chapter at Harrison Hall Mam Street general Furch chapter at Norwood Canadian legion Marion Street and tache Avenue and at the St. Boniface City Hall Assiniboine chapter at the Blind Institute. Portage Avenue Silver wings chapter at Prince Edward legion Hall Trent Avenue and Brazier Street. East Kildonan fort Garry chapter at Jenkin s garage Logan Avenue. Weston and sir Edward Gray chapter at Brown s drug store Academy Road and Lanark Street. The child was eight Transcona Man sentenced for burning son s fingers William Mozel of 223 Whittier Avenue East Transcona. Who punished his eight year old son by burning the tips of his fingers with a lighted cigarette began a six months sentence in jail today. Charged with ill treating the child. Mozel appeared before judge f. A. E. Hamilton of the juvenile court in Transcona police court thursda3% and was found guilty a evidence in the Case showed that As punishment for taking a few cents from the House Mozel Laid cigarette papers Over the child s Finger nails and then pressed a lighted cigarette against them. Two fingers on each hand were burned. Five to be tried on fraud charges five men were committed to stand trial on charges of defrauding he agricultural insurance co. Of s386.24 after a preliminary hearing in provincial police court Friday before magistrate t. J. Murray. They Are Mike Worone. William Koreski Mike Maryk John Smith and Mike Strilecki. The evidence showed that an attempt was made to collect the insurance on a truck which by arrangement had first been stolen and dismantled in Winnipeg. Insurance women gather in Winnipeg the International rally of the women s Benefit association opened for a two Day session in Winnipeg Friday at the Marlborough hotel. The association which is an organization to promote women s insurance will hold a banquet meeting tonight at 7 . An attendance of approximately 65 women from min Neapolis Rainy River. Fort Francis and Winnipeg is expected. M deathbed the following despatch by William h. Stoneman. The Chicago Dally news was begun on the Bay of Bis Cay and finished in London. Or. St Neman s description of the trip reached the free press . By William somewhere on h. Stox Max the Bay of Bis men. Women children and expatriate English from the South of i France form a perfect epitome of tie system which has tried and failed to withstand the onslaught of regimented Germany. Their to the comparative safety of Cay june 19 special can Cable j England is the flight of democracy with lookouts posted to its last stronghold in Europe. Along the rails searching the Hori Zons for periscopes and with our anti aircraft gun pointed toward the sky ready for action we Are finally on our Way Back to eng land from Bordeaux continent last lonely outpost. The last week has been a year a Long succession of desperate Days and sleepless nights at the deathbed of France. In that week we flew from London to Tours last thursday to cover the stand of the British expeditionary Force. By the time we arrived the German drive had already moved far South of Paris and the mass of stricken humanity which had first fled to resistance and in any Case opposed to the surrender of the French Fleet to Germany. Marshal Henri Philippe Petain supported by Generalissimo Maxine Weygand Camille Chautemps. Al Bert Chechery and Jean a Barnegat Ray. Felt that further resistance was impossible and apparently were ready to throw in the sponge without waiting the fail is. Me Reynaud. Cabinet and the temporary arrest of Mandel recognized As shameful by the very men who ordered it seemed to Seal the business. Touraine was again then on tuesday just before on the move southward bound we left there was a sudden re for Bordeaux. So we bummed a j rival of Hope that French resist ride with eve Curie daughter of j Ance could continue somehow or the discoverer of Radium and we have seen the pleasantest land Hinca the great migration. On Earth reeling before the Shock of the swiftest mass invasion of history bowing before it then suddenly reviving for a last but faltering Effort to stay alive. Now for the last 24 hours have been running _ through we a sea infested by submarines with All aboard an old other people boat which was meant to carry 180 passengers. Down below decks we have a cargo of Copper and manganese Ore Worth one million pounds Sterling guaranteeing a Nice fast sinking if anything struck us. Here in this tragic Noah s Ark representatives of every class of democracy ambassadors clerks business Bordeaux had suddenly become another constantinople. The government was already there and so a Good portion of All the newspapermen we knew in Europe. Capitulation in the air capitulation was in the air when we arrived. The Cabinet was hold ing two or three sittings a Day appeals had already been sent to America and it was taken for granted that if they failed to bring a Quick satisfactory response the generals would insist upon surren Der. Paul Reynaud Georges Mande Cesar Ca Pinchi and Raou Dautry holding out for continued other and the French Fleet would not be surrendered in any Case. The Ordinary people Bordeaux showed the effects of Long and stunned deception. Most people knew that things pretty bad. But they were not thinking of terms of surrender As late As Mon Day morning. On sunday we watched them cheer Gen. Maxime Weygand and marshal Petain in the belief that they were going to fight to the last Man. On Mon Day when they discovered that there might be surrender there were tears and murmurs and there were a few nervous people in Bordeaux. Yesterday there were loud rows the cafe morning. Tuesday fresh arrivals from ashore and the ship brimmed with people lying about the decks among their suitcases. Animal lovers had brought their dog dachshunds French poodles and spaniels taking up More space that did t exist. Later in the afternoon some British wounded staggered up the ladder helped by nurses. Thursday june 20, the coast of England came Over the horizon to Greet us this morning after a night at mental Purgatory in our float ing death trap. Six times during the night there were submarines in the neighbourhood and we had to Cut and run for it. Once while i was on watch in the Early hours of the morning a Squadron of Ger Man bombers approached to with in a few Miles but failed to find us. We be just seen Baron roths child one of the richest men in the world patiently standing in line plate in hand waiting for a dish of Rice and meat. Now a few hours later we arc nearing port and within a Short time Well be on English soil Safe and sound after the most harassing voyage any of us can Ever remember. Now. As i write this Friday. June 21, we Are ashore and Are about to take a train to London ready for the next stage of the War. Whatever it turns out to be it will be Mere pie after this Busi Ness. They have air raid shelters on land. Ottawa june 21. Government s mobilization Bill having received third Reading in the House of commons was Given similar treatment in the Senate late last night and with Royal assent by Canada s new governor general the Earl of Athlone will become Law today. Adoption of the measure in the Senate without a vote just before Midnight after Hon. Raoul Dandurand government Leader had been questioned on Steps to be taken by the govern ment under authority Given it in the Bill to compel All persons to place themselves their services and their property at the disposal of his majesty. Sanford Active for red Cross one of the Many Active red Cross branches working to help increase supplies sent overseas is Sanford. In a report sent to divisional head quarters it records raised since inauguration of the Branch last september by contribution and entertainments. Supplies have been increased by 77 pairs of socks 32 sweaters 50 scarves 17 pairs knee Caps 36 pairs wristlets 18 pairs half mitts 14 gowns. 36 jackets 18 sets pyjamas 36 bed pads 12 pairs Pillow cases 12 binders and 12 Hospital towels. Compulsory service applies Only in Canada and while the air min ister Hon. C. G. Power in the com Mons has said All Able bodied men up to the age of 45 will have the Opportunity and obligation to join the militia services the govern ment s plans under the act remain to be disclosed. The Bill was adopted shortly after 8 ., c.s.t., in the commons and the Senate Gong then called Mem Bers of that chamber together. The Senate has no 9 ., c.s.t., closing Rule. In the commons where the Bill had been in committee of the whole House throughout the afternoon and most of the evening or. King steadfastly refused to make any promises in order to gain opposition support. He had been pressed to Amend the Bill to place conscription of material resources ahead of conscription for Home defence to Amend it so that financing of the War would be a responsibility of the Bank of Canada and to provide that Parlia ment might not recess longer than 90 Days. Blackmore s amendment John Blackmore. Leader of the new democracy group presented an amendment which would place conscription continued on Page 10, column 1 explosion London june 21. Explosions occurred in manholes in London s newspaper District this morning. Police after a preliminary investigation said they believed the blasts were caused by sewer Gas. No injuries were reported although one explosion at. Ludgate circus ripped up a portion of the pavement. Meighen says Bill unprecedented Ottawa june 21. Five minutes of its final passage through the House of commons s mobilization Bill went to the Senate. 55 veterans join guard at Brandon enlistment of 55 recruits for the veterans Home guard in Brandon As reported Friday As a result of a recruiting Mission carried out by major j. W. Bingham. The full strength of the veterans Home guard will not be Complete for some time As consideration is being Given to veterans at Points outside Winnipeg. In the near future recruiting of two Reserve companies for the veterans Home guard will be started. One veterans company will be attached to the Winnipeg Light infantry and the other to the Lake Superior regiment for training Pur poses. Mrs. Norman Rogers May get annuity Ottawa june 21. Up the Ottawa citizen said yesterday in a news Page Story that the provision of an annuity for mrs. Norman Rogers widow of the former Der Fence minister and her two Young sons has been suggested to the do minion government. Followers of the government in the commons Are known to be favourably disposed towards such an annuity being provided the paper said. The general feeling was that or. Rogers died in line of duty and it was understood that because he was gassed in the first great War the former minister was unable to Obain adequate life insurance Protection. It. Hon. Arthur Meighen con Ergative Leader said he had been informed a House of commons amendment provided for tabling in parliament of orders made under he proposed legislation on the Day Uch orders were passed or pub shed in the Canada Gazette if parliament was not sitting. The amendment however Stipe ated such should be done unless be governor in Council otherwise. senator Meighen Sug ested the amendment if so worded just so much Hon. Kabul Dandurand. Govern ment Leader in the upper House Ead the Bill. After the Bill had been Given St Reading. Senator Meighen de cried it As one of the most extra Ordinary measures Ever Laid before while in fullest Accord with the principle and object of the Bill senator Meighen said the measure unprecedented in that it gave he government Powers that should e reserved for parliament he noted that men were to be unscripted for the defence of surely he said Canada s War Effort had been for the defence of this country not of some ther country. Canadians were sent overseas to get because Europe is not Only or first line of defence but our he said. Illogical position the Bill revealed the illogical position of the government today Aid senator Meighen. The Bill Aid in effect that compulsion was Senate continued on Page 10, column 7 Foster satisfied with air Progress the establishment of air Fields and training centres in Canada is proceeding with All possible Speed brigadier w. W. Foster director of auxiliary services ca.s.f., who posted through Winnipeg Friday morning stated. Brigadier Foster was on his War to inspect auxiliary service work at Saskatoon and Edmonton. On his return he will make an inspection of Shilo Camp. Brigadier Foster expects to re turn to Winnipeg june 27, for a two Day Stop Over. School adopts plan to improve grounds a novel method of beautifying the grounds of Manitoba schools was reported today in the Manitoba school journal. Originator of the scheme is the Blackstone school District near Grandview every Pupil entering Grade one receives a Young tree which they Are required to Plant. The tree is owned by the Pupil concerned and remains his Possession while he is at school. Sail your Way to savings the simple Way to save when making purchases is to do your shopping through the Money saving ads in the classified. Read pm today buying is made easier through the classified. Selling is made surer through the classified. Use. Free press Quick action want ads ;