Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 25, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba To final edition Winnipeg free press j vol. Pages. Sun rises 4.29 Sun sets 2q.41. Moon rises 23.36 Moon sets 10.38. Winnipeg tuesday june 25, 1940 and warm. French Fleet Riddle unsolved former premiers behind de Gaulle London june 25. Up with Continental France out of t the War. Frenchmen from All parts of the Empire including three former prime ministers rallied today behind general Charles de Gaulle and the French National committee he has organised Here to continue the fight at great Britain s Side. Arriving in England today were former prime ministers e d o u a r d Herriot resigned president of the chamber of deputies Joseph Paul Boncouri and Leon Blum. There were also reports that Paul Reynaud former Premier Hopes to reach London and. With Gen. De Gaulle re establish his government with himself at the head somewhere on French Terri it also was reported that Yvon Delbos. Former foreign minister and Cesar Ca Pinchi. Former min ister of the Navy would join the de Gaulle group. Considerable interest was provoked by a proposal in the daily Telegraph and morning Post that British nationality be offered to All French combatants outside France proper who do not support the Bordeaux government s Capitu lation to Germany and Italy. Under this plan the men would at the same time retain their French citizenship pending the Day when their Homeland was set free from the Axis Yoke. De Gaulle supported Gen de Gaulle fortified by a grave of spontaneous support from Trench officials private organizations and civilians in All parts of the world made a new attack last night on Bordeaux withdrawal from the War. Because someone should do it i take occasion to voice the shame Felt by every Good Frenchman at this he said in a radio speech it is useless to catalogue the Franco German and Franco italian armistice conditions. They May be summed up by saying that France and the French people Are delivered Over bound hand and foot to the enemy. But if this capitulation is writ ten Down on a piece of paper there Are among us men women youths and children in great num Ber who will not accept it and will not permit it. Cause is lost France is like a Boxer who has been knocked out. She is pros rate but she knows her life is still Joseph Paul Bonc oxur Paul Reynaud Gen. Charles de Gaulle edouard Herriot deep and Strong. She knows this affair is not finished and the cause is not lost. She deserves some thing better than the slavery accepted by the Bordeaux govern earlier. Gen. De Gaulle said he had reasons to believe the French Fleet will not surrender and French group continued on Page 9, column 3 gloom Over France battered armies cease fire As nation bows in mourning by Ralph Heinzen. Bordeaux France june 25. Shattered armies grounded today after 296 Days of War. The nation observed a Day of official mourning. The Cabinet met to discuss enforcement of the German and italian armistice terms and plans for the future of future they pledged that should bring the stricken country a new and better life. It was announced that the entire government led by president Al Bert Lebrun would attend a solemn mass at Bordeaux Cathedral As part largest yet German air Fleet raids All England London june 25. Air planes raiding Over England and Wales from the North sea to the Atlantic brought London its first air raid alarm since september today and sent members of the Cabinet hastening to shelter. French troops seeking escape to North Africa Chancy. Swiss French fron tier. June 25 a Down a 50 Wile wide corridor through Savoy scattered French troops were reported racing for the Mediterranean today in the Hope of finding transportation to North Africa to continue their fight against the Axis armies. The cease firing order 35 min utes after Midnight gave them 1 their first Chance to drop Back from fighting lines and try the dash to the sea. No filtered across the Frontier from the last of the isolated Maginot forts or from the foreign legion garrisons of the powerful defence works of Jour and l exclude near there was no French troops had refused to surrender those fortifications and the hardened legionnaires at l Recluse had said they would get to the end armistice or i no armistice. The death toll mounted to five when two bodies were recovered from a demolished House adjoining a Hospital in southwestern England. Bombs were dropped Over a wide area. The dead represented the first casualties in southwestern England since the War started. Six civilians were wounded in other parts of the country. Three person s killed in the English town were in a hotel when a bomb penetrated the roof and an incendiary bomb damaged another building. Thirteen persons were reported wounded. Police searched ruins of one building for two per sons reported missing fearing they might be added to the death list. Thousands of people had waited up to listen As at 12.35 . 1.35 . German time 5.35 . Mon Day . There came from Ger Man radio broadcasting stations the sounds of tolling Bells the Roll of Drums fanfare of trumpets and the blare of military bands telling that the French German and italian armies in France had received the cease fire order As the result of the armistice. Almost at the moment the casts ended As if by signal the air raids continued on Page 9, column 4 of the Day of mourning Observance and that marshal Philippe Petain the Premier would address the nation by radio. The Public knew that the French armies had Laid Down their at 12.35 ., in compliance with the armistice terms of Germany and Italy. It knew nothing of the armistic dictates or when the terms would be published although it was France continued on Page 9, column 4 can t wait pushing plan to Bury Hitler London june 25. Bup one factory in London is encouraging its workers to greater efforts with this slogan your grandmother s funeral can wait Hitler s can nazis reveal terms Berlin june terms of the armistice concluded by Defeated France with Germany issued by the official news Agency tonight showed that France agreed to cease resistance throughout the French Empire. The terms included the following statement the French government ceases hostilities against Germany in France in the possessions and col onies the protectorates and Man dates and on the news Agency said that Ger Man troops would occupy French territory North and West of a line drawn on a map accompanying the armistice terms. The Reich it said exercised All rights of an occupying Power in the territory taken Over. All French officials in the occupied territory must immediately be instructed to obey directions of the German military commanders Anc co operate with them correctly. All britons await word about Fleet by Francis Stevens London june 25. Special Cable the outstanding ques Tion on the lips of britons of All classes today is the future Dis position of the French Fleet. Wherever one goes this ques Tion is heard from business men to charwoman. It is Evi Dence that this Island race Well understands just what sea Power Means in taking a Long Range View of Britain s future. It is taken for granted that if the French Navy was interned in French ports it would be used by the enemy to attack great. Britain just As French soil will be used for air base attacks and enslaved French men drafted As labourers to Aid the enemy against their former ally. This correspondent was among those who heard the enemy planes overhead last night and today English life flows serenely and cheerfully on. Every body wears roses for contributions to Alexandra Day hospitals fund and cheery Sellers Are doing a brisk business sell ing delicious cherries from the Bountiful Kent Cherry Harvest at four Pence a bag. These the people eat from paper bags As they walk along the Street. Britons aware of the strength of Canadian air Aid express a note of Surprise at a statement in the evening papers that the keynote of the Republican convention is that the United states is too weak to Aid the allies. The editorial in the Winnipeg free press stating that Britain can now Trust what allies she has left and that she has seen her last double Cross was widely quoted in the Lon Don press. America first Plank offered republicans Philadelphia june 25. America first Plank vigorously denouncing new Deal defence and for eign policies was offered to the Republican resolutions committee Oday As a substitute for the Aid to oppressed Peoples proposals already tentatively in the platform. Hot debate Over the foreign policy Plank put the brakes on efforts to Complete the platform today. It was reported that the substitute foreign policy Plank which would put the Republican party on record in favor of strict isolationism accuses the Roosevelt administration of spending billions for the and Navy in the last seven years with nothing to show for it. America the substitute Plank said. Stassun Speaks last night s keynote address by gov. Harold e. Stassen of Minne Sota charged that the administration of president Roosevelt was trending toward one Man government and republicans continued on Page 5, column 3 Binder Appeal Toronto june 25 cup conviction of Harry Binder at Ottawa recently on an indictment under the defence of Canada regulations was upheld by Ontario court of Appeal in a judgment Here today. Similar convictions against Binder s brother Louis and Ray Saunders were quashed. Temperature readings Low during night. 6.30 ., june 25. 12 noon june 25. 2.00 ., june 25. High june 25, 1939. For full report of meteorological office Sec Page seventeen. Broken to is assailed by Churchill plane repair depot to Cost the big aircraft repair depot for no. 2 air training command which will be constructed shortly Stevenson Airport will consist of More than 20 buildings costing approximately air com Moore a. B. Shearer r.c.a.f., officer commanding no. 2 air train ing command stated tuesday. Its buildings will include work shops hangars store buildings and living quarters he explained. It will be the Only repair depot in the command. Tenders for the repair depot must be in Friday. Air Commodore Shearer returned tuesday after attending the open ing of the first elementary train ing school in the command at fort William. Contract for the enlargement of no. 7 equipment depot which will be doubled in size has been let to the Bird construction company he stated. London june minister Winston Churchill told the House of commons today that France agreed to surrender her Fleet in violation of pledges to great Britain but the House of lords was informed that every Effort would be made to keep French warships fighting with the allies sea forces. The British government and the prime minister will re lax no efforts to secure that these ships shall continue to serve the cause for which they have been employed so Many lord Caldecote dominions Secretary said shortly after or. Churchill had appealed for the French Empire to fight on and Aid in the Rescue of France from the Petain government went Back on its most solemn assurances to Britain that the French Fleet would never fall into German hands the prime minister charged. Drawing Back the curtain on the secret negotiations Between Britain and France which preceded the Petain government s capitulation to the germans and italians or. Churchill expressed Hope that the French colonies would continue to fight and provide a seat for a French government dedicated to wage tax plan is explained by Grant Dexter Ottawa ont., june 25. Employers Are made the collectors of the wage tax. The tax i collected on each pay Day. An allowance for dependents will be deducted by the employers from the tax on each pay Day. The allowance is 58 per dependent. This works out at 67 cents per month or 15 cents per week. The employer will deduct this from the tax to be paid by the employee. If a Man works for nine or ten months pays the wage tax then loses his Job and discovers that in the full year he has not earned enough Money to be taxable he applies to the Dominion Branch for a rebate of the tax Money he has paid. Front line staggering budget touches All citizens by Grant Dexter Ottawa june 25. Special Canadian at War came into Sharp Clear focus yesterday afternoon when Hon. J. L. Ralston reduced the greatest Effort this country has Ever made to dollars and cents. For the first time it became possible for the average citizen to realize the sacrifices entailed in mobilizing All our Power in men and materials for War. Army air Force Navy the whirring wheels of Industry the great masses of foodstuffs and raw materials needed to feed our Ever growing War these were brought to the Point where every one of us has been Given his part in the conflict. For the moment All canadians have become As it were front line soldiers. Or. Ralston marshalled our War Power in terms of Money. To each and every one he assigned some part of the National Burden. The increases in taxation Are staggering. But the expenditures for War in the fiscal year which began on april 1, exceeded All forecasts. Further resistance. Or. Churchill made no reference to the whereabouts of the French Fleet but stated that the British government had read with grief and amazement the armistice terms signed by the Petain government which in effect disarmed and de mobilized it under the control of Germany and Italy. We i Hope he said that the French Empire stretching All Over the world and protected by sea Power will continue the struggle at the Side of the an interim statement or. Churchill was comparatively mild in the language he used against the Petain government. He stressed he was making Only an interim statement on this phase of Anglo French history and that he could not say what relations would be followed with the Bordeaux govern ment which was now under the Power of the enemy. It was Britain s duty now to look after her own salvation and he Churchill continued on Page 5, column 2 defence measure to be tightened by Grant Dexter Ottawa june 25. Fence of Canada regulations generally regarded As too stringent a few weeks ago will be made still More drastic it is expected Here. A committee of the House of commons which has been reviewing them believes they cannot be relaxed As urged in Many quarters but must be tightened up with More severe penalties. The Campaign for their modification apparently has col lapsed with the deepening disasters of the War. Thus there is no possibility that Canada will restore the right of Hareas Corpus for those suspected of War offences or that it will remove the regulation by which anyone can be arrested and held without trial at the pleasure of the minister of Justice. The single fact which emerged irom the budget dwarfing All else in importance is that despite the increases in the deficit now facing this country is greater than the entire peace time budget of the Dominion a deficit which nearly equals possibly exceeds the increase in the National income this year. In studying this budget two Points must be kept in mind do not think of this budget in the traditional Way As the fiscal policy Ottawa continued on Page 13, column 6 we can take it budget finds Winni Eggers ready col. J. A Ralston s War budget announced monday caused Many citizens to gulp hard and say in a variety of ways it s mighty stiff but we need it and we can take most outspoken approval was voiced by r. W. Pickard owner of a downtown cafe who said i did t vote for Mackenzie King and the liberals but they have courage. It s a Good we can All get along with fewer of the comforts of life and. We will have to make still heavier sacrifices than even this Bill demands of us before Victory is was the opinion of f. J. Freer manager of the great West life Assurance company mortgage department. It takes a real Shock like this budget to show people what total War is like. Every Dollar As Well As every person must go if Neces John scald my. Secretary of the Union of Manitoba municipalities asserted. What is the use of our Money if we lose the asked Jozif Stubbs terminal passenger agent of the . They can take All i have so Long As i know everybody shares the or. Stubbs added. Catherine Forrest a municipal clerk noted the absence of new taxes on foodstuffs clothing and other necessities of life in calling it a fair budget. Tom Hughes labourer says As Long As we beat the germans i for one Don t care How much it costs. The new taxes Are As fair to one fellow As the next so no one has any kick mayor George c. Maclean of St. Boniface the new taxes Are going to affect the people of can Ada very greatly but they Are absolutely necessary. The people know it and i feel sure that they will give the government every assistance they Felix Miller soda Fountain attendant they need the Money and the taxes hit everybody about evenly. Why should we com Plain we want to win the War Don t Murray of groan boxing instructor at the . It s going to be a hard proposition for a lot of people to face but nobody s going to kick. Everyone wants to make the greatest contribution possible and we older people wish it could be a More Active Guy Clarke garage Mechanic what difference do new taxes make As Long As we help win the War if we Don t win our Money won t be much Good to us anyway it in t a question of a few Dol Winn speggers continued on Page 5, column 4 off the list no exemption allowed for refugee children Ottawa june 25. Is no prevision in the new income taxes announced in the budget yesterday for listing refugee children adopted by canadians As dependents and thus eligible for income tax exemptions it was Learned last night. However some officials saw the possibility that some arrangement might eventually be reached by the time Large number of refugee Chil Dren Are located in Canada and have become established in Homes. The tax regulations provide for exemptions for contributions to cer Tain charitable and patriotic organizations and provision for refugee exemption might be read into this part of the act. Exemptions Are reduced 25 per to for a. Married Man and from to for a single person. The tax rates themselves Are multiplied from two to five times the present rates the Levy on Low and Middle incomes showing the greatest percentage increase. In addition a straight two per cent National defence tax is imposed on All incomes of married per sons of More than and single person incomes of More than income tax continued on Page 12, column 7 crop report important news for Prairies Western Canada s wheat crop has entered an advanced stage of the development and conditions now will have an important bearing on the final outcome. Special interest therefore is attached to the second free press crop report for the season to be issued wednesday which will cover the crop situation in detail As seen by nearly 400 competent observers in All sections of the Prairies. A special feature of the Survey will Deal with the flax crop while Rye conditions will also be discussed in Addi Tion to other coarse grains. A map charting wheat conditions in All crop districts will accompany the report ;